The fight to save the holy Wadia fire temple (aatash behram) on JSS Road from the Metro III tunnel, which will pass through its sanctum, took a new turn last afternoon, when Parsis met Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray at Sena Bhavan. Even as Uddhav promised to write to the MMRC to realign the route, bringing relieved sighs from many in the group, structural engineer Jamshed Sukhadwalla, who has been leading the fight to save the aatash behram and the Bhikha Behram Kuan from the very beginning, said that wasn't enough and the entire JSS Road needed to be avoided.

As per the plan, the Metro III tunnel will pass right under the sanctum sanctorum of the Wadiaji Aatash Behram on Princess Street. File pic